THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER
Front Of House | Monitors
Monitor and Front of House engineer for U.S. performing arts centers and concert halls. Both wedges and IEM’s. Mono and stereo IEM’s, reverbs, panning, audience mics.
THE CELTIC TENORS
Tour Manager | Front Of House
International Irish tenor vocal performers. Performing Arts Centers & Concert Halls.
Carl BROEMEL & Dave SIMONETT
Tour Manager | Front Of House
Acoustic duo with looping. Front of House and Tour Manager.
THE JAYHAWKS
Tour Manager | Front Of House
Bus tour, clubs, festival and theater run.
EMEL MATHLOUTHI
Tour Manager | Front Of House
Tunisian international singer and songwriter. Voice of the Arab Spring. International including Canada, the Middle East, Europe & Africa.
HIPPO CAMPUS
Tour Manager | Monitor Engineer
U.S. and Europe tour dates.
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
Front Of House | Monitor Engineer | Production Manager
North American festival and theater tour with Duluth, Minnesota indie bluegrass band. Bonaroo, House Of Blues, Red Rocks, Telluride Folk Fest, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Radio City Music Hall
LOW
Front Of House
Club, theater and support touring with favorite Duluth, Minnesota slow-core darlings. Chicago Theater, Massey Hall, Tower Theater, Riverside Theater, Louisville Palace
SMASHING PUMPKINS
Front Of House
Does anybody remember the 90’s? Shoe gazing & MTV? SNL, Roseland Ballroom, Shoreline Amphitheater, Pine Knob Amphitheater, Gorge Amphitheater, Downing Stadium, Reading Festival
TRACY CHAPMAN
Monitor Engineer
Tracy’s comeback record/tour ‘New Beginning’. Just Gimme One More Reason and such. David Letterman Show, The Academy NYC, Royal Oak Theater, Aladdin Theater
CATHERINE WHEEL
Front Of House
East Coast ~ West Coast. North American fly-date promo tour across the country back across and back again with U.K. fav’s. Hollywood Palladium, Whisky A-Go-G0, Lee’s Palace, Irving Plaza
MATERIAL ISSUE
Front Of House
Short indy lawn-chair van tour with this great Chicago band opening up for acclaimed group, Live.
BIG TOP CHAUTAUQUA
Production Manager | Front Of House | Monitors | Live Recording
Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, John Prine, Arlo Guthrie, Greg Brown, B.B. King, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Martin Sexton, Taj Mahal, Nickel Creek, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.
CABARET METRO
Front Of House | Monitors
Just about everybody came through in the 90’s: Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, Lenny Kravitz, Pearl Jam, Mazzy Star, Alex Chilton, Hawkwind, TAD, The Black Crowes, Naked Raygun, The Pixies, Killing Joke, Johnny Thunder, KMFDM, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult.
CHINA CLUB CHICAGO
Production Manager | Front Of House | Monitors
Jazz and disco mainly if I recall correctly. Stanley Jordan, Stanley Clark, Tito Puente, Freddie Hubbard, Al Di Meola, George Clinton, Cracker, Astrud Gilberto, Rupaul, Right Said Fred, The Village People.
IKE REILLY ASSASSINATION
Tour Manager | Front Of House
A labor of love with these boys. Ike was the first band I worked with out of high school.
LOLLAPALOOZA
Front of House | Monitor Engineer
Coolio, Doo Rag, Possum Dixon, Poster Children, Yo La Tengo, Brainiac, The Coctails, Geraldine Fibbers, Laika, The Pharcyde, Built to Spill, Redman, Dirty Three, Mike Watt, Hum, The Roots, Blowhole, Psychotica, Patti Smith, Overpass, Moby, Superchunk, Beck, Swirlies.
THE DROVERS
Tour Manager | Front Of House
1990’s Chicago Irish rock band. Indy van tour. Couch surfing at it’s best!
a passion for music
Recording
Recording | Editing | Mixing
Sacred Heart Recording Studio
Manager/Owner/Engineer at Sacred Heart Recording Studio located in Duluth, Minnesota. A towering Neo-gothic, three-spired brownstone historic cathedral and former Catholic church built in 1894.
The studio is home to an 11-foot Yamaha grand piano and a Felgemaker Opus 664 ~ a two-manual 26-rank organ with 1,493 pipes.
www.sacredheartstudio.us
The Sound Sanctuary & Piano
Giant brownstone cathedral with stained glass windows.
The nationally recognized Sacred Heart Studio is a superior recording venue for any music genre—classical, rock and roll, jazz, folk, country and blues.
The studio features a large selection of vintage analog and state-of-the-art digital equipment, including a 24-track tape machine, 48-track Pro Tools recording system, two grand pianos, a Hammond organ with Leslie cabinet, vintage guitar amps and the Felgemaker pipe organ.
Sacred Heart’s main sanctuary provides magnificent acoustics, and, for a unique influence on sound and ambience numerous other recording spaces are available—confessionals, choir loft, vestibule, altar, bell tower and the marble-tiled bathrooms.
Selected Projects
- Norshore Summit ~ 2019 ~ Recording & Mixing
- Kraig Erikson ~ 2019 ~ Mixing, Mastering
- Kyle Ollah ~ 2018 ~ Engineer, Mixing
- Superior Siren ~ 2018 ~ Engineer, Mixing
- The Lowest Pair ~ Sacred Heart Sessions ~ 2015 ~ Engineer, Mixing
- The Boomchucks ~ 2015 ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Brian Joens ~ 2015 ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Tin Can Gin ~ 2013 ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Tin Can Gin ~ 2014 ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Shaunna Heckman ~Mercury Rising ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer, Mixing
- 500 Million Society ~ Self Titled ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer, Mixing
- Warren Nelson ~ Song In Your Hat ~ Independent ~ Engineer
- Black Eyed Snakes ~ Engineer
- Boy Girl Boy Girl ~ Double Date ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer, Mixing
- Boy Girl Boy Girl ~ Sugar Skull Maker ~ Spinout Records ~ Percussion
- Boy Girl Boy Girl ~ Treasure Chest ~ Engineer, Mixing
- Barbara Jean ~ The Great Escape ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer, Mixing
- trYke ~ Factory ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- trYke ~ 2009 ~ rYde ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Range Debris ~ Untitled ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering, Drums
- Range Debris ~ May I Be So Brave ~ Drums
- Gild ~ Incognito ~ Spinout Records
- Gild ~ Satellite Images ~ Spinout Records ~ Engineer
- AM Herculis ~ Independent ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Steve Carlson ~ PleasantVille ~ Bottom Rung ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- ChaD ~ 10 Songs 10 Days ~ Independent ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- ChaD ~ Great White Nothing ~ Independent ~ Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Duluth Does Dylan ~ Compilation ~ Spinout Records
- Duluth Does Dylan Revisited ~ Compilation ~ Spinout Records ~ Charlie Parr, Cloud Cult, The State Champs, Ol’ Yeller, Sara Softich, No Wait Wait, Hattie Peterson, Little Black Books, Boy Girl Boy Girl, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Erik Koskinen, Wet Dog, Trampled By Turtles, Jerree Small, Retribution Gospel Choir
- Duluth Does Dylan III ~ Compilation ~ Spinout Records ~
- Bringing It All Back To Duluth Does Dylan ~ Compilation ~ Spinout Records
- Chilli Northern Women ~ Compilation ~ Spinout Records ~
- Iron Country ~ Compilation ~ Spinout Records
- Ike Reilly Assassination ~ Engineer
- Tent Show Radio 20th Anniversary Compilation ~ 2014 ~ Blue Canvas Records
- Bernie Larsen
- Alan Sparhawk
- Dave Simonett
- Jean Baptiste
- BJ Burton
- Butch Vig
let the sun shine in
My Work
some of my favorite projects
love what you do
Video
EMEL MATHLOUTHI
Carthage Live 2017
Tunisia
LOW
Live at Sacred Heart Recording Studio
Duluth, MN
SACRED HEART SESSIONS
Sonofmel
2017
Performing Yusif A
Produced by Tom Fabjance
Recorded, mixed & video by Tom Fabjance
SACRED HEART SESSIONS
Kyle Ollah
2018
Performing Poor Reuben
Produced by Tom Fabjance
Recorded, mixed & video by Tom Fabjance
The Penokee Posse
2019
Performing LSD 25
Volumes I-IV
Performed by the Penokee Posse
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Tom Fabjance
Video by Tom Fabjance
The Penokee Posse
2019
Performing Breathe | v. road
Volumes I-IV
Performed by the Penokee Posse
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Tom Fabjance
Video by Simon Gray
The Penokee Posse
2019
Performing Breathe | v. art
Volumes I-IV
Performed by the Penokee Posse
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Tom Fabjance
Video by Simon Gray
The Penokee Posse
2019
Performing Rumors Of Yellow
Volumes I-IV
Performed by the Penokee Posse
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Tom Fabjance
Sonofmel & The Slideman
2020
Performing live at Chequamegon Books & Coffee
Washburn, Wisconsin
Bookstock 2020
Produced by Tom Fabjance
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